John
Hagstrom has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's trumpet section
since 1996, when he won the audition for fourth trumpet. A year later, he
won the second trumpet position, carrying on the tradition of brass section
teamwork for which the CSO is famous. Previously, he was principal
trumpet of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra in Kansas, and served as assistant
professor of trumpet at Wichita State University.
Hagstrom
is passionate in his support of music education, and helped to initiate Dream
Out Loud, a music education advocacy partnership
between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and the Yamaha Corporation
of America. Dream Out
Loud offers a variety of
resources created for elementary through high school students, their teachers,
and parents, designed to support every student'’s interest in playing an
instrument, and providing encouragement through times of challenge. To learn
more about Dream Out Loud,
visit cso.org/dreamoutloud.
John
Hagstrom has also worked extensively with Yamaha to create several professional
trumpet designs in their Chicago Artist
Model Series that include top
selling Bb and C trumpets. Since its introduction in 2004, the Chicago
Artist Model C Trumpet has been the
instrument played most often by players winning orchestral positions in major
U.S. orchestras. Due to its phenomenal commercial and artistic success
worldwide, in 2006 Yamaha selected the Chicago
Artist Model C Trumpet to be their 10
millionth instrument ever produced.
A native Chicagoan, Hagstrom grew up listening
to the CSO. Five years of study at the Eastman School of Music were followed by
six years in "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in
Washington, D.C., where he spent three of those years as principal trumpet. His
many solo appearances with the band included four national concert tours and
the Camp David wedding of (Sr.) President Bush's daughter, Dorothy. Recordings
featuring John Hagstrom include his performance of the Bellini Oboe Concerto& and the Sachse Concertino with the Chicago Brass Choir, and can
also be heard as lead trumpet on Daniel Barenboim's recording on the Teldec
label entitled Tribute to Ellington.
In June of 2006 his first solo CD (with the
DePaul University Wind ensemble under the direction of Donald DeRoche) was
released on the Albany Records label, about which Time Out Chicago said: "You'd never guess he was a
mild-mannered second trumpeter from the hair-raising high notes... or from the
way he seamlessly unfurls long lines..." (TimeOut.com)
March 2011
